Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-23

DAILY HERALD.
A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
TO be Invaded by a Rail-
road.
FINE FERTILE FOOTHILLS.
The New Standard Gauge Road BE-
tween Los Angeles and
Santa Monica.
FINE FERTILE FOOTHILLS.

Fer some time past there has been a
growing demand for foothill property
and the demand has. become so great and
universal that tine property lying along
the base Of the mountains in this county
has commanded large premium over
low land property. For home, the
cIass Of people that are coming to South
ern California, want a high elevation
near the mountains, where the air is
laden with a delicious fragrance and
where fogs are unknown.
Pasadena, Monrovia, and other
fiourishing foothill towns owe their
growth. progress and prosperity to
this sensible desire of the people. Prop
erty all along the foothills has doubled
in value 10 the past six months, and it
NAV be said, with q reasonable degree
of certainty, that in a year or so no piece
of foothill property in this county can
he bought for much less than thousand
dollars an acre. Realizing these facts
shrewd and powerful syndicate of Los
Angeles capitalists have purchased the
De Buenos Ayres ranch, which is little
more than half way between here and
Santa Monica, adjacent to the Southern
Pacific Railroad, and which comprises
over 1000 acres of some of the finest
foothill and valley land in Southern Cal.
iforniG.
In view of the attention now being
given to the foothill country, q reporter
of the HERALD made a rapid run
through it recently, for the purpose of
noting its natural advantages, as well as
the developments in progress, and es.
pecially to get an idea Of the route OF
the projected railway, and to look over
the ranch above mentioned.
The ranch, which was reached after
about On hours drive along the foothills
and within o half mile circuit of the pro-
posed line, is delightfully."- situated and
endowed with advantages that very few
places possess. On the east is splendid
view Of Pasadena, the Raymond Hotel,
and Los Angeles; on the west the ocean,
Port Ballona and Santa Monica, on the
south beautiful valley sloping towards
Wilmington and San Pedro, with Long
Beach in the distance, while in the north
are the majestic Santa Monica noun
tains, which are only interrupted with
passes and dales and redundant with
springs, romantic scenery and flowers
The gentlemen in the syndicate are
Dan. w. Mcfarland, L. 7. Garnsey, E.
s. Hall, 8. w. Luitweiler, c. J. Ellis,
j. S. Townner, +. C. Garbut and j. W.
Hoyt, and they have organized them
selves into q company which will be
known as the Los Angeles and Santa
Monica Land and Water Company
Another syndicate has already
secured the right of way
fer first class standard
yuage railroad between Los Angeles anl
Santa Monica. The railroad, which
will be run by steam, will have it
starting point on Bellevue avenue, be
low the Sisters Hospital, and hav
horse.car connection with Main street
and will have crescent shaped course L
Santa Monica, passing through many i'm
ranches, including the De Bueno
Ayres, where fine depot and statiol
will be built. A portion of the tract
has already been graded and the re.
maining work will be pushed forwar,
vigorously. A little nearer the hills i
being constructed the Sunset Boulevar,
"a drive that will be five miles long
and the driveway 100 feet wide. This fin
road will commence at the northwes
end of the city limits and extend, as al
ready surveyed, some five miles toward
Santa Monica, and in a short time
will undoubtedly be continued to tina
place. The roadway will be macadan
ICED, and when completed will probabl
be the finest and most travelled pleasur
driveway in the county. All these i'm
provements will have great tendenc,
to build up this part Of the country an
the syndicate which purchased the d
Buenos Ayres ranch intend that it sha
afford the finest and most beautiful place
for residences in Southern Californis
The many beautiful knobs on the ranc
afford, as has been stated before, fin
views of the entire surrounding coun
try, and for residences it would seer
that no more desirable spot can b
obtained. The climate here is all tina
could be wished for. In the hotties
weather this favored spot is Away
famed with gentle breezes from tn
ocean, while in the winter the altitud
of the place is such that the tempera
ture is always very even and uniform
The facilities for reaching the bushes
center or the sea shore are such as wi
greatly popularize this section of tn
county, and it is only question of tim
till this section of our suburban distrit
will be one of the veritable paradises {
Southern California, far surprising fc
view and comfort any valley in this por
tion of the State.
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